I've looked at many different brands and styles and they appear to all be the same basic thing, with the exception of mechanical broad heads. I currently have some 2 blade Rage that were give to me and some Muzzy 100's. I'm still new to all of this and doing a lot of research. I tend to get the feeling that some of the people that do alot of the reviews get a break or kick back for saying certain ones are great. So I'm sure most everybody has more experience than me in this subject so let me just ask these few things. 1. What is your favorite broad head and why? 2. Fixed blade or mechanical? 3. Has anyone actually used a toxic broad head? Just seen them and they looked pretty mean. Any advice would help me to know what to look for/at and what would be reasonable for my use (mainly white tail, pigs and coyotes).
Ok my all time favorite broadheads that have yet to fail me are NAP killzones and hellrazors. One is fixed and one opens up. These are the only 2 I have yet to have an issue with. I have killed prob near 20 deer using both heads. Can't go wrong with either. I do not get any deals or kickbacks for sharing this info either. All just my experience. I have killed yotes with both heads as well.
I don't know a lot about broad head selection but I would recommend watching the swhacker broad head videos. That's one awesome mechanical broad head.
I haven't been doing this long either but i will share with you the same points that I have learned so far. 1) mechanical broad heads are going to shoot like field points will 2) fixed are going to have different patterns because of the arrows cutting through the air and causing different flight patterns 3) either one you want to practice with the same grain field point that you will shoot in broad heads so that you don't change the total weight of the arrow 4) make sure that you are using a suitable spine and quality arrow for what ever broad head you will shoot in the field and practice with said arrows before shooting them as with broad heads I will be shooting fixed blade broad heads this year. I believe that they are the more reliable of the two.........even if most mechanicals don't fail on you there is always a chance. I have researched the G5 Striker Magnums and shot them also, I like them but without trying many different ones I would say that my knowledge of them is irrelevant and not much help. The owner of the pro shop that I shoot at shoots them and loves them so do many of the other guys that I shoot with so I decided to give them a shot. Another one that I have been told by both people on here and at my shop including the owner (who is one of the most knowledgeable guys I have found thus far in archery) is the Slick Tricks. They are one that I hear from everyone that you can't go wrong with. This is just my two sense though, remember just getting in that you are going to want to try and find what works for you, everyone can give you there knowledge and wisdom and tell you about the latest greatest product but in the end unless it works for you it won't work. Try a few different ones both mechanical and fixed and see what is going to shoot best for you. In the end that is the best advice you will ever receive in archery, and it is something I have found to be true time and time again.
I personally think the broadhead is the least important piece of the puzzle but most put it at the top. Take a well tuned bow with proper arrow set-up, an archer that put in his time and is a confident shot, screw any type/brand broadhead on the tip and you have yourself a killing machine. Mechanicals are going to take a little more momentum for complete pass throughs and if you hit bone you're probably going to have problems. Fixed heads are a bit more forgiving on what they can hit and continue through. Most broadhead failures are archer failures.
Thanks. That actually makes a lot of sense. I set up a range at my house that I shoot at lease 3-4 times a week. Everything from ground shooting to a 20' climbing stand I shoot from. Still not a marksman with it by any means but I do see tighter groups every week. Going to try and go hog hunting within a month or so. Hogs are a big problem down here so they make for year round hunting opportunities. If my set up works on them well then shouldn't have a problem with whitetail other than my nerves.
Well in my years of hunting IMO ive learned what works for me and what i dont like (didnt work to well for me.) I used rage chisel tips last year descent broadhead but if you jit a deer in the wrong spot there not as effective. now i did kill my buck with this broadhead, i got a spine shot on him. Now i know you cant judge a mechanical first year shooting a deer in the spine lol, but i just feel more comfortable with fixed. Now with fixed bhs ive always ised 3 blade i want to go up to 4 this year and ive learned i dont like the broadheads you have to put together. Example i shot the thunderheads season before last and im sitting in the stand and i guess i didnt tighten it good enough and the blades fell off lol. So i figured this year im trying a bh thats 4 blade and one allready assembled. Looking at the muzzy phantoms as my top pick, with the magnus stingers in second.
Thank you for your experience. It's nice being able to here from folks that have used different things and can give their experience.
I got turned onto slick trick broadheads by one of the guys at my local shop. Real smart guy - went to college with him. Very intelligent. Figured I would trust him on that one and see what happens. I have been using them exclusively for 4 years now and I won't try anything else because I don't need to. They get the job done. No need for me to look at any other broadheads. With that being said - there is a million out there. You make a good shot the broadhead should do the rest honestly. If I had to say anything about mechanical vs fixed - 1000 out of 1000 times a fixed will open, can't say the same thing about a mechanical.
